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honor for me to introduce a "new york times" produce a "new york times" best selling author and one of america's true heroes. general anthony is any. general zinni served in the core in vietnam where he was severely wounded as well as operations and philippines, turkey, somalia, kenya, iraq and the persian gulf. he has received 23 military service awards including the defense distinguished service medal with zero cleaves cluster. he's also participated in numerous presidential diplomatic missions. his latest book, "leading the charge leadership lessons from battlefield to the board room" includes an approach from leadership to challenges of the 21st century. this is a book about future leaders must know and they must know how to be effective in our dynamic in a rapidly changing environment so please welcome general anthony zinni. [applause] >> thank you. first let me say it is an honor to be here and i really want to commend tuscon and the daily star and the university for this event. i spent all day that have come up, the interesting reading and literature and it just warms my heart and it's gr
honor for me to introduce a "new york times" produce a "new york times" best selling author and one of america's true heroes. general anthony is any. general zinni served in the core in vietnam where he was severely wounded as well as operations and philippines, turkey, somalia, kenya, iraq and the persian gulf. he has received 23 military service awards including the defense distinguished service medal with zero cleaves cluster. he's also participated in numerous...
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look at latin america. most latin -- south american spanish speaking states, south american, gain their independence in heroic struggles against spain in the second decade of the 20th century. sorry 19th. many of those countries are coming to grips. and with a colonial hangover. this is junior high school physics. what happens when an expersonal force pushes a system and the force is suddenly removed. the reaction is at least equal to the force. in the uniform in which most of us still live. what you are seeing around the world with the religious struggles is a world trying to reshape itself. entries trying to find a new organic balance. what can work for them? well, the problem is when the european empires which ran from relatively benign to monstrous in the case of the dutch and portugese, in the recession of empire, they left behind the poison pill of dysfunctional borders. on the practical level, this is no more grotesque cause of violence in the world today than dysfunctional borders. look at the depar
look at latin america. most latin -- south american spanish speaking states, south american, gain their independence in heroic struggles against spain in the second decade of the 20th century. sorry 19th. many of those countries are coming to grips. and with a colonial hangover. this is junior high school physics. what happens when an expersonal force pushes a system and the force is suddenly removed. the reaction is at least equal to the force. in the uniform in which most of us still live....
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look at latin america. most latin -- south american, spanish-speaking states, south american, gain their independence in heroic struggles against spain, in the second decade of the 20th century. sorry, the 19th century. it is 200 years later, and only in this generation are many of those south american countries coming to grips with the colonial hangover. now, this is junior high school physics. what happens when an external force pushes a system out of balance, keeps it out of balance, and the external force is very suddenly removed? the reaction is at least equal, to the force exerted in a utopian universe where much of us live. but where you see around the world with the fault lines is a world trying to reshape itself, societies, countries, entire continents trying to find a new organic balance. what can work for them. well, the problem is, when the european empires, which ran the gamut from relatively benign brits to absolutely monsterrous in the case of the dutch, was the row session of empire, they le
look at latin america. most latin -- south american, spanish-speaking states, south american, gain their independence in heroic struggles against spain, in the second decade of the 20th century. sorry, the 19th century. it is 200 years later, and only in this generation are many of those south american countries coming to grips with the colonial hangover. now, this is junior high school physics. what happens when an external force pushes a system out of balance, keeps it out of balance, and the...
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and latin and south america and other places and we fought them through surrogates or we fought them on our own. and so the enemies we face today are going to look at where we are best or least prepared. and so that becomes a tough decision. you're not going to invest tremendous amounts of resources in something that maybe less a threat to your very existence. so i would predict that you'll probably see some major programs cut. like we've just seen that the f-22 was cut, the army future combat system was cut. but we'll still preserve enough of the advantage in these areas to make sure no one gets too adventuresome. we have to be careful of the risk. if you cut your advantage too close, there could be a surprise from the enemy that jumps a generation or two ahead. and we will handle these other kinds of conflicts, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism as best we can within the context of that kind of military. that isn't to say we won't write the doctrine. we won't do things to at least try to train, organize and equip to meet that. but the priorities will be for the larger, more danger
and latin and south america and other places and we fought them through surrogates or we fought them on our own. and so the enemies we face today are going to look at where we are best or least prepared. and so that becomes a tough decision. you're not going to invest tremendous amounts of resources in something that maybe less a threat to your very existence. so i would predict that you'll probably see some major programs cut. like we've just seen that the f-22 was cut, the army future combat...
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are really good in the institutions, the geithners and the bernanke, hank paulson, moynihan, bank of america. they're people that really could within these firms. but these firms don't really have people sitting around thinking about the tails, the bad things. what bad could happen and taking a step back. chuck prince is saying we have to keep dancing until the music is over. that's still the attitude on wall street. yeah, maybe i'm a little worried about this product that i've got on my books or that i'm selling to investors. but if i don't sell it, if i don't put it on my books then someone else will and i'm going to lose a few cents in the next per share et cetera and that's a real problem on wall street where you don't really have the people that think a little differently and the hedge fund world pays so well and it draws out talent but it doesn't draw out talent the moynihans and the bernankes and all those kind of people they're as smart as the hedge fund people. it's what i enjoy writing about them. they think a little bit outside the box. no smarter or sharper. i don't think that sm
are really good in the institutions, the geithners and the bernanke, hank paulson, moynihan, bank of america. they're people that really could within these firms. but these firms don't really have people sitting around thinking about the tails, the bad things. what bad could happen and taking a step back. chuck prince is saying we have to keep dancing until the music is over. that's still the attitude on wall street. yeah, maybe i'm a little worried about this product that i've got on my books...
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it came from mexico or south america. this is a war against our own people, and a by-product is it has in 36 months slaughtered 23,000 mexicans. >> host: "murder city" is the book. amherst, new york, you're on the air. >> caller: hi. my question for mr. bowden is how much of a factor does he feel is corruption within law enforcement in this country with regard to drugs? how much of a factor is that in the problem of the drugs coming in from mexico? >> host: mr. bowden. >> guest: that's a very good question. look, one of the -- mexico is corrupt, you know? that's part of the system. but i have watched since i know people in dea, i have friends in the border patrol, i know people in customs. what this war has done is increasingly corrupt them. if you're in the border patrol, say after five years you're making 75 grand a year, and you know your job is a failure. every day most of the people are getting through. and so what's the difference if you take $100 a head to let a truckload go through? we're taking basically decent a
it came from mexico or south america. this is a war against our own people, and a by-product is it has in 36 months slaughtered 23,000 mexicans. >> host: "murder city" is the book. amherst, new york, you're on the air. >> caller: hi. my question for mr. bowden is how much of a factor does he feel is corruption within law enforcement in this country with regard to drugs? how much of a factor is that in the problem of the drugs coming in from mexico? >> host: mr....
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. >> caller: hello, america. i have a brief question regarding the mckinley administration and subsequent roosevelt administration. i have, you know, been a scholar of presidential history, but i do not -- by no means do i consider myself a presidential historian. as a recent government and international politics major, i have a great interest in the office of the presidency, and my question was relating to president mckinley's final inaugural address in which he seemed to have solved the manufacturing, labor and industrial issues that we were having at the time while also providing for a $41 million tax cut. and when president roosevelt talked about president mckinley in his first address to the nation, he said that at the time of president mckinley's assassination he was the most beloved man in the entire united states. can you shed some light into why that was the case for president mckinley? >> host: thank you, boulder. let's leave it there. >> guest: by the way, there's no special training course to become a
. >> caller: hello, america. i have a brief question regarding the mckinley administration and subsequent roosevelt administration. i have, you know, been a scholar of presidential history, but i do not -- by no means do i consider myself a presidential historian. as a recent government and international politics major, i have a great interest in the office of the presidency, and my question was relating to president mckinley's final inaugural address in which he seemed to have solved the...
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in situations like that, the story i wanted to tell was the one i saw america of the way i see america today and and hopefully with one small impact the way we think ourselves but i have often been a journalist or a writer most of my life and i could never get over the fact they could roam the world, particularly germany where i spend my time talking to old commies and older nazis. and they are all there. it is much more clear now than it was up the time because the american people were widely in support of the airlift and truman, one of the things not talked about the we literally ran out of mechanics so we recruited general clay, a former mechanic to service the c47 and c54. he was warned not to do that there would be sabotage but he did not think there would be. they were saving their own families lies then there was not. although it was a comment coming together of the new american army although i will tell a story first of the nazi who became that an aircraft designer and became her minister and of argentina under para loan. an old man now and a great expert on wind power. i know
in situations like that, the story i wanted to tell was the one i saw america of the way i see america today and and hopefully with one small impact the way we think ourselves but i have often been a journalist or a writer most of my life and i could never get over the fact they could roam the world, particularly germany where i spend my time talking to old commies and older nazis. and they are all there. it is much more clear now than it was up the time because the american people were widely...
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today, in fact a few years ago we had started this interview with mark, why do you hate america? >> guest: it is exactly right, a very touchy subject and painful for many people. that is understandable. we all remember 9/11, and it is hard to get past 9/11. i'm not talking about talking to al qaeda. i am not talking about talking to dead enders, revolutionaries, people who want to burn it down. al qaeda does not have the constituency. they are just a revolutionary network. people aren't talking about talking to hamas, hezbollah and the muslim brotherhood, the three most powerful influential movement in the middle east, the great middle ground of islam that we should recruit to our side in the war on terrorism. not al qaeda. al qaeda deserves one outcome and that is to be defeated and to be tracked down wherever they are and to be eliminated. i believe that firmly but the other groups, it is not the case. they can be our allies and they should be. >> host: the initial title of your book in approach probably tracks with what i would call a popular perception, which is we don't talk
today, in fact a few years ago we had started this interview with mark, why do you hate america? >> guest: it is exactly right, a very touchy subject and painful for many people. that is understandable. we all remember 9/11, and it is hard to get past 9/11. i'm not talking about talking to al qaeda. i am not talking about talking to dead enders, revolutionaries, people who want to burn it down. al qaeda does not have the constituency. they are just a revolutionary network. people aren't...